Contract

Provision of Occupational Health Services

  • Falkirk Council
  • Falkirk Community Trust
  • South East of Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran)

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-025355

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-029c4c

Published 9 September 2022, 12:42pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Falkirk Council

Abbotsford House, David's Loan

Falkirk

FK1 7YZ

Email

CPU@falkirk.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1324506566

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM76 - Falkirk

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.falkirk.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00184

one.1) Name and addresses

Falkirk Community Trust

The Falkirk Community Stadium , 4 Stadium Way

Falkirk

FK2 9EE

Email

hello@falkirkcommunitytrust.org

Telephone

+44 1324590909

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM76 - Falkirk

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA20902

one.1) Name and addresses

South East of Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran)

Area 3D (Bridge), Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

Email

enquiries@sestran.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1315245150

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM73 - East Lothian and Midlothian

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.sestran.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA13442

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Occupational Health Services

Reference number

CHS/069/21

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Falkirk Council is leading a procurement on its own account and on behalf of Falkirk Community Trust and SESTRAN to secure a provider of Occupational Health Services, to enable each organisation to meet their duties and responsibilities for the health, safety, and welfare of their employees.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £1,100,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85100000 - Health services
  • 85147000 - Company health services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM76 - Falkirk

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Falkirk Council is leading a procurement on its own account and on behalf of Falkirk Community Trust and SESTRAN to secure a provider of Occupational Health Services, to enable each organisation to meet their duties and responsibilities for the health, safety, and welfare of their employees. Falkirk Council provides Human Resources support to Falkirk Community Trust and SESTRAN.

Falkirk Council has a workforce of c7000 employed across a range of services, including schools, social work, housing & building maintenance, cleansing/refuse collection, catering & cleaning, environmental services, and a range of support services, as well as c500 trainees in the Employment Training Unit (ETU).

There are an additional c500 employed within Falkirk Community Trust (FCT) and SESTRAN.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60

Price - Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

The estimated value of GBP1.2M is for 5 years.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-005339


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

CHS/069/21

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

6 July 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Working on Wellbeing trading as Optima Health

Grosvenor House, Prospect Hill

Redditch

B97 4DL

Telephone

+44 7875809652

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £1,100,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,100,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

(SC Ref:706409)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Falkirk Sheriff Court

Main Street

Falkirk

FK1 4AR

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

A tenderer that suffers loss as a result of a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session. Falkirk Council (the Council) will have a minimum standstill period of 10 days before awarding the contract. The communication of the award decision notice will be sent by e-mail to all tenderers with the standstill period commencing on the next day. If proceedings are started in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session against the Council in respect of the decision to award the contract within the standstill period then the Council is prevented from awarding the contract. Post contract award the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session may (1) award damages provided proceedings are brought within 3 months from the date when the grounds for the bringing of the proceedings first arose (2) be entitled to issue an ineffectiveness order or impose a financial penalty on the Council. A claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 30 days of the Contract Award Notice being published or within 30 days of the date those who expressed an interest in or otherwise bid for the contract were informed of the conclusion of the contract or in any other case within 6 months from the date on which the contract was entered into.